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Consulting

Most business owners do not have the time or resources to manage their health and safety system on their own. Today's reality is:

  • The average cost of a claim due to a workplace incident is more than $78,000.
  • The indirect costs associated with an incident, is a minimum of four times the direct cost, which appears on an employer's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) cost statement.
  • Business owners are expected to know and comply with all requirements under the legislation.
How can WHSS assist your business?
  • Provide your business with expert 'one stop' advice and guidance on all matters relating to the occupational health and safety needs affecting your company.
  • Evaluate your existing health and safety systems.
  • Develop new or modify your existing programs to establish a cost effective health and safety management system, unique to your business.
  • Train your management and supervisory staff.
  • Manage your WSIB costs and identify strategies to maximize your savings.
  • Link your business to resources available from the various Health and Safety Associations and other community resources.
  • As a WSIB approved provider of the Health and Safety Excellence program, we can help you create a Health and Safety program and receive financial incentive.



Preventative Services

We provide health and safety consulting services to all sectors. The Owner/Principal Consultant has particular expertise within the Industrial, Service, Retail, Education, Research, and Health Care sectors. Many businesses are now being asked to provide proof of their business' commitment to health and safety before other corporations will do business with them. By having a proactive approach in managing your health and safety program it will allow you to have a competitive advantage. Occupational Health and Safety issues should be addressed in all areas of a business' management system and should not be a special "add on". To help our clients achieve this, we provide the following proactive services:

  • Evaluation of existing health and safety policies and procedures.
  • Develop new or modify existing programs to establish a cost effective health and safety management system, unique to your business.
  • Train your management and supervisory staff.
  • Manage your Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) costs and identify strategies to maximize your savings.
  • Link your business to cost effective resources available from the various Health and Safety Associations and the community.
  • As a WSIB approved provider of the Health and Safety Excellence program, we can help you create a Health and Safety program and receive financial incentives.
By letting our team at WHSS assist your business develop the necessary policies, programs, and management practices, we can help your business prevent the incidents which can lead to unnecessary injury or illness and help establish a workplace in compliance with the regulatory requirements. Being able to demonstrate your proactive compliance strategies saves your business valuable financial resources as well as gives your business a competitive edge.



We've had an incident... Now what?

We provide assistance to those businesses that have had the unfortunate experience of having had too many incidents and injuries and find themselves in non-compliance with the Ministry of Labour and Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) regulations. Non-compliance with regulatory requirements carries with it severe penalties, which can often cause a business to suffer great financial losses. Typical first convictions under the Occupational Health and Safety Act carry with them a penalty of $65,000 to $80,000, with the maximum fine being $1,500,000 per contravention for a corporation. For an individual being convicted, a maximum fine of $100,000 and a year in jail. WSIB penalties range from being assessed a surcharge to being required to pay the entire cost of the claim. For those businesses that find themselves in a reactive situation, we offer the following services:

  • Full health and safety program development, which will allow your workplace to comply with the requirements of the legislation.
  • Incident investigation to allow the true root cause of an incident to be identified, thus allowing your business to prevent a recurrence.
  • WSIB Claims management, including the development of an early and safe return to work plan, allowing the total impact of the incident to be mitigated, reducing unnecessary costs.
  • Advice on how to respond to orders issued by the Ministry of Labour and cost effective strategies on how to comply with those orders.
By letting our team at WHSS assist your business in the development of a strategic solution to your non-compliance issue, we can help mitigate the negative impact and help your business demonstrate due diligence compliance. We can help your business change a reactive response into a proactive solution.